Soap container



Aug. 27, 1946. w. H. s'roEHR soAP CONTAINER Filed April l0, 1945 orother suitable material.

Patented Aug'. Z7, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SOAP CONTAINERWalter H. Stoehr, Cheney, Kans.

Application April 10, 1945, Serial No.y 587,567 2 claims. (o1. 45-28)This invention relates to receptacles, and mo-re particularly to soapreceptacles.

A main object of the invention is to provide a sanitary receptacle forholding and dispensing bars of soap or the like when desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved sanitarysoap receptacle of novel construction,

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear from thefollowing description and claims, and from the accompanying drawing,wherein:

Figure l-is a front elevational View of a. sanitary soap receptacle inaccordance with this invention with a portion of the front cover of oneof the soap compartments broken away.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken normal to the centrallongitudinal plane of the receptacle of Figure 1.

Referring tothe drawing, I designates a housing which may be made ofsheet metal, plastic, glass Housing I comprises a rear wall portion 2which extends downwardly below the body of the receptacle and is formedat its lower end portion with a perforated shelf member 3. The body ofthe receptacle comprises a top horizontal wall 4 and side wall portions5, 5.

The lower portions of the bottom edges of side walls 5, 5 are formedwith lug members 6, 6 in which is secured a transverse rod member 1,said lug members 6, 6 being located slightly forward of the centralplane of the body of the receptacle.

Pivotally supported on rod member I are a plurality of channel-shapedcompartments 8, each compartment being open at its forward end and beingprovided at its rearward end with a rear wall 9. Each compartment 8 issupported on an inverted U-shaped bracket member ID to which it isrigidly secured, said bracket member I being pivotally mounted on rod'I. -Rigidly secured to Ithe bottom wall of each compartment 8 is a1forwardly extending arm II' provided with an offset push button memberI2 for manually tilting compartment 8 around rod 1. A U-shaped rodmember I3 is secured between side walls 5, 5 to provide a stop means forlimiting the tilting of compartment 8 to' an angle sufficient t0 allow abar of soap contained therein to slide out for use.

Secured between side walls 5, at their upper forward corner portions isa transverse rod member I4 upon which are pivotally supported aplurality of gravity-biased closure members I5, one closure member I5being provided for each pivoted compartment 8. Secured to the rear wall9 of each compartment is an upwardly and forwardly extending closureactuating arm I6, said arm being formed to abut closure I5 whencompartment 8` is tilted and to automatically raise said closure to anopen position to permit ythe exit of the bar of soap in compartment 8,as shown in dotted view in Figure 2. Upon release 'Y of button member I2the weight of the parts will move them back to normal position, withclosure member I5 resuming its closed position and rear wall 9 abuttingwall 2.

The receptacle is supported on a wall by a slotted lug element I1secured to rear wall 2, said lug element being detachably received in aU-shaped bracket I8 secured to the supporting wall. Any other well-knowndetachable supporting means may be employed for this purpose.

Any desired number of compartments 8 may be employed and eachcompartment may be independently actuated to remove its bar of soap. Theclosure members I5 for each compartment will keep the soap therein cleanand free from dust while not in use, and will provide a neat andpleasing appearance to the receptacle.

While a specific embodiment of a soap container has been disclosed inthe foregoing description it will be understood that variousmodifications Within the spirit of the invention may occur to thoseskilledin the art. Therefore, it is intended that no limitations beplaced onA the invention other than as defined b-y the scope of y theappended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A soap receptacle comprising a body member having a rear wall, a topwall and side walls connected to one another, a channel-shapedcompartment pivotally supported between said side walls, saidcompartment being open at its forward end, means biasing saidcompartment to a normal substantially horizontal position, a clolsuremember pivotally secured between said side tion of said bottom membernormally abutting and being supported by said rear wall, a front closuremember pivotally supported between said side walls at their upperforward portions and an upwardly and forwardly extending arm secured tothe rear portion of said bottom member for moving said closure member toan open position responsive to tilting of said bottom member.

WALTER H. sronrm.

